User's Manual

Oracle Wallet Manager Overview
Using Oracle Wallet Manager 8-3
Strong Wallet Encryption
Oracle Wallet Manager stores private keys associated with X.509 certificates and
uses Triple-DES encryption.
Microsoft Windows Registry Wallet Storage
Oracle Wallet Manager lets you optionally store multiple Oracle wallets in the user
profile area of the Microsoft Windows system registry or in a Windows file
management system. Storing your wallets in the registry provides the following
benefits:
■ Better Access Control. Wallets stored in the user profile area of the registry are
only accessible by the associated user. User access controls for the system thus
become, by extension, access controls for the wallets. In addition, when a user
logs out of a system, access to that user's wallets is effectively precluded.
■ Easier Administration. Since wallets are associated with specific user profiles,
no file permissions need to be managed, and the wallets stored in the profile are
automatically deleted when the user profile is deleted. Oracle Wallet Manager
can be used to create and manage the wallets in the registry.
Options Supported:
■ Open wallet from the registry
■ Save wallet to the registry
■ Save As to a different registry location
■ Delete wallet from the registry
■ Open wallet from the file system and save it to the registry
■ Open wallet from the registry and save it to the file system
Backward Compatibility
Oracle Wallet Manager is backward-compatible to Release 8.1.7.
Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) Support
RSA Laboratories, a division of RSA Security, Inc., has developed, in cooperation
with representatives from industry, academia, and government, a family of basic
See Also: Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows